The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference comprises: the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change the 18th session of the COP serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 18), and the 5th session of the COP serving as the ... Read more

One Medicine Webinar with Dr Pandora Pound, PhD. Director of Research at Safer Medicines Trust

Mark your calendars for December 11, at 11:30 Dubai time, as we bring a crucial yet overlooked topic to the forefront at an official COP28 side event: the role of wild animals in the carbon cycle. This event is being organised in collaboration with the Global Rewilding Alliance, Re:wild, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, and Yale School of ... Read more

The United Nations has identified food system transformation as an urgent priority. Food systems contribute nearly one-third of greenhouse gas emissions and up to 80 per cent of biodiversity loss. Yet, more than 3.1 billion people in the world cannot afford a healthy diet. 900 million people suffer severe hunger. Moving away from business as ... Read more

The theme of the 2024 Partnership Forum of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will be “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient and innovative solutions”. The Forum will place a special emphasis on the Sustainable Development Goals that will be reviewed at the ... Read more

The Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14) will review the implementation of the Convention. CMS recognises that States must protect migratory species that live within or pass through their national jurisdictions. CMS COP14 will see the launch of the ... Read more

The 13th World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC13) is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly will focus on how multilateralism can help tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. The overall theme for UNEA-6 is “Effective, inclusive and sustainable multilateral actions to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution”. UNEA-6 will be preceded by ... Read more